Biology:Haplochromis spekii

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Short description: Species of fish

Haplochromis spekii
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Haplochromis
Species:
H. spekii
Binomial name
Haplochromis spekii
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Harpagochromis spekii (Boulenger, 1906)
  • Pelmatochromis spekii Boulenger, 1906
  • Paratilapia serranus (Pfeffer, 1896)
  • Haplochromis serranoides Regan, 1922

Haplochromis spekii is a species of cichlid found in Lake Victoria and the adjacent reaches of the Nile. This species reaches a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in) SL.[2] The specific name of this species honours John Henning Speke (1827-1864), the English explorer who, with James Augustus Grant, discovered a major source of the Nile was Lake Victoria.[3]

References

  1. Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P. (2010). "Haplochromis spekii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T60539A12377517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60539A12377517.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60539/12377517. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Haplochromis spekii" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
  3. "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (h-k)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 August 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae3/. Retrieved 13 December 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q138244 entry